CareerFinders, on behalf of our client, a dynamic and fast-growing payments institution with offices in Limassol, we are seeking to recruit a Product Owner (PSP Integrations) to join their expanding team. The successful candidate will possess previous experience as a Technical API Integrations Manager, Product Owner or similar. Excellent communication skills in English are essential; knowledge of Russian will be considered an advantage. 

Key Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Work with internal and external customers to analyze the needs and align PSP integration roadmap.
• Managing and prioritizing the backlog.
• Analysing provided API documentation to understand the implementation request and make sure it aligns with stakeholder expectations and be accountable for the correctness of the implementation per the requirements.
• Analysing provided API documentation to understand the implementation request and make sure it aligns with stakeholder expectations.
• Performing retrospective analysis for deliveries and ensuring lessons learned.
• Improving current processes and procedures to optimize delivery performance.
• Create User Stories to effectively communicate business requirements to technology teams.
• Be responsible for setting the acceptance criteria and testing plan.
• Attend Backlog daily standups with the project managers to ensure that User Stories are understood and prioritized appropriately.
• Participate in User Acceptance Testing.
• Liaise with relevant technology and operational teams to ensure project delivery.
• Manage expectations of stakeholders and project teams, ensuring any threats that arise to project delivery are escalated.
• Attend status update meetings and manage actions arising through to completion.
• Represent the team in front of stakeholders, clients, or users.

Key Skills/Experience: 

• BSc in Computer Science or related field.
• Strong technical background and experience with modern API-oriented technologies, understanding of API communication mechanics, including the ability to define requirements for features that need to be implemented with underlying awareness to the backend.
• Previous work experience as a technical API integrations manager, Product Owner or similar.
• Team orientation and willingness to roll up sleeves to solve complex, dynamic challenges.
• Worked with agile scrum with the ability to articulate concrete results.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with different functional groups, developers, business owners, and senior business leaders + ability to communicate clearly and concisely in English.
• Fluent Russian language speaker would be considered an advantage.
• A self-driven person with great prioritization skills, who takes initiative and wants to impact.
• A customer-oriented person with experience in working with international customers.
• Experience with project management.
• Entrepreneurial spirit, with a track record for delivering results in fast-moving and demanding environments.
• Experience with Payment Gateways technology.
• Product Owner certification.
• Experience with Payment Service Provider integrations.

To apply for this vacancy, please send your CV, along with any covering letter to jobs@careerfinders.com.cy quoting the reference number CAR5539. Please note that due to the high volumes of applications received only shortlisted applicants will be responded to. By sending us your CV you are giving CareerFinders your consent to be contacted for this and any other suitable vacancies that we believe match your skills and experience. To view our privacy policy, please click www.careerfinders.com.cy/privacy-policy.